The 16 Most Selective Colleges in The US

The Huffington Post teamed up with the Princeton Review, one of the nation’s leading education-services companies, to present this special feature on the nation's most selective colleges -- and how to get in to them.

The goal of our “America’s Most Selective Colleges” project is to give college-bound students and their parents straight-on information about these challenging schools' acceptance rates and truly savvy tips for applicants.

To that end, we asked the Princeton Review to shares its list of the 16 colleges in its flagship book,The Best 376 Colleges (published August 2011) that earned a 99 -– the highest possible score -- on the Company's unique "Admissions Selectivity Rating." Presented in alphabetical order, this list is based on the Princeton Review's analysis of data it exclusively gathers from its institutional and student surveys.

Amherst College

Location: Amherst, MA
ASR: 99
Average HS GPA: NR
ACT Range: 30-34
SAT Critical Reading: 670-770
SAT Math: 670-770
SAT Writing: 680-770
% accepted: 15
Total undergrad enrollment: 1,795
Professor interesting rating: 87 
Professor accessible rating: 93 
Rankings/Lists: Dorms Like Palaces

Columbia University

Location: New York City, NY 
ASR: 99 
Average HS GPA: NR 
ACT Range: 31-34 
SAT Critical Reading: 690-780 
SAT Math: 700-790 
SAT Writing: 690-780 
% accepted: 9 
Total undergrad enrollment: 5,888 
Professor interesting rating: 77 
Professor accessible rating: 74 
Rankings/Lists: Great College Town

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